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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# NOTE: ABOUT LICENSE: From Gopi - The K8S YAML resource section in this file are copied from
+# Intel's resources that were provided to ONF. We need to clarify what licensing terms are imposed
+# for these K8S resources
+
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
+
+description: Make a Virtual EPC service
+
+imports:
+  - custom_types/vepcservice.yaml
+  - custom_types/vepcserviceinstance.yaml
+  - custom_types/kubernetesresourceinstance.yaml
+  - custom_types/kubernetesservice.yaml
+  - custom_types/vepcresourceinstancelink.yaml
+
+
+topology_template:
+  node_templates:
+    service#vepcervice:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcService
+      properties:
+        name: vepcservice
+        must-exist: true
+
+    service#kubernetes:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesService
+      properties:
+        name: kubernetes
+        must-exist: true
+
+    vepcserviceinstance:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcServiceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "EPC for Compute"
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#vepcservice
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_ngic_configmap:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "NGIC Config Map"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: v1
+          data:
+            adc_rules.cfg: |
+              #Format  -
+              #[ IP | IP Prefix | domain ] DROP? Sponsor-ID Service-ID Rate-Group? [Tariff-Group Tariff-Time]?
+              # Note: it is possible that ADC rules have conflicts & in that case rules are applied by line number...
+              # Rules defined first have a higher priority, unless DROP is specified (i.e. multiple rules for the same IP
+              # When specifying DROP with an IP address, use a prefix of 32 to prevent DNS results from overwriting rule
+
+              13.1.1.111 Example Internet Zero-Rate
+              13.1.1.112/24 Example Management Zero-Rate
+              13.1.1.113 Example Provisioning Zero-Rate
+              www.example.gov Example Internet Zero-Rate
+              www.drop_example.com DROP Example CIPA
+            cp_config.cfg: |
+              SGW_S11_IP=$(hostname)
+              SGW_S1U_IP=$(netstat -ie | grep -A1 s1u-net | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d addr:)
+              MGMT_INFO="-s ${SGW_S11_IP} -m ${MME_S11_IP} -w ${SGW_S1U_IP}"
+              APN_INFO="-i ${IP_POOL_IP} -p ${IP_POOL_MASK} -a ${APN}"
+              TEID_INFO="-t ${S11_TEID_POOL_START} -e ${S11_TEID_POOL_STOP} -u ${S1U_TEID_POOL_START} -o ${S1U_TEID_POOL_STOP}"
+              APP_ARGS="${MGMT_INFO} ${APN_INFO} ${TEID_INFO}"
+
+              CORES="-c $(taskset -p $$ | awk '{print $NF}')"
+              MEMORY="-n4 --no-huge -m 4096 --file-prefix cp"
+              DEVICES="--no-pci"
+              EAL_ARGS="${CORES} ${MEMORY} ${DEVICES}"
+            dp_config.cfg: |
+              CORES="-c $(taskset -p $$ | awk '{print $NF}')"
+              MEMORY="-n4 --no-huge -m 8192 --file-prefix cp"
+
+              SGW_S1U_IP=$(netstat -ie | grep -A1 s1u-net | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d addr:)
+              SGW_SGI_IP=$(netstat -ie | grep -A1 sgi-net | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d addr:)
+              S1U_MAC=$( netstat -ie | grep -B1 $SGW_S1U_IP | head -n1 | awk '{print $5}' )
+              SGI_MAC=$( netstat -ie | grep -B1 $SGW_SGI_IP | head -n1 | awk '{print $5}' )
+              DEVICES="--no-pci --vdev eth_af_packet0,iface=s1u-net --vdev eth_af_packet1,iface=sgi-net"
+
+              EAL_ARGS="${CORES} ${MEMORY} ${DEVICES}"
+
+              S1U="--s1u_ip ${SGW_S1U_IP} --s1u_mac ${S1U_MAC}"
+              SGI="--sgi_ip ${SGW_SGI_IP} --sgi_mac ${SGI_MAC} --sgi_gw_ip ${RTR_SGI_IP} --sgi_mask ${SGI_MASK}"
+              WORKERS="--num_workers 1"
+              MISC="--log 1"
+
+              APP_ARGS="${S1U} ${SGI} ${WORKERS} ${MISC}"
+            interface.cfg: "; Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation\n;\n; Licensed under the
+              Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\n; you may not use this file except
+              in compliance with the License.\n; You may obtain a copy of the License at\n;\n;
+              \     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n;\n; Unless required by applicable
+              law or agreed to in writing, software\n; distributed under the License is distributed
+              on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\n; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
+              express or implied.\n; See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+              and\n; limitations under the License.\n\n[0]\ndp_comm_ip =  127.0.0.1\ndp_comm_port
+              = 20\ncp_comm_ip = 127.0.0.1\ncp_comm_port = 21\n"
+            static_pcc.cfg: |+
+              [GLOBAL]
+              NUM_PACKET_FILTERS = 1
+
+              ;default filter - must be first for now (until DP doesn't install any filters)
+              [PACKET_FILTER_0]
+              RATING_GROUP = 9
+              ;Max Bit Rate (MBR) unit= bps
+              MBR = 512000
+
+              [PACKET_FILTER_1]
+              RATING_GROUP = 5
+              MBR = 1000000
+              DIRECTION = bidirectional
+              PRECEDENCE = 255
+              IPV4_REMOTE = 13.1.0.0
+              IPV4_REMOTE_MASK = 255.255.0.0
+              PROTOCOL = 17
+              REMOTE_LOW_LIMIT_PORT = 5060
+              REMOTE_HIGH_LIMIT_PORT = 5060
+
+              [PACKET_FILTER_2]
+              RATING_GROUP = 1
+              MBR = 2000000
+              DIRECTION = bidirectional
+              PRECEDENCE = 255
+              IPV4_REMOTE = 13.1.0.0
+              IPV4_REMOTE_MASK = 255.255.0.0
+              PROTOCOL = 17
+              LOCAL_LOW_LIMIT_PORT = 17000
+              LOCAL_HIGH_LIMIT_PORT = 17010
+
+              [PACKET_FILTER_3]
+              RATING_GROUP = 7
+              MBR = 4000000
+              DIRECTION = bidirectional
+              PRECEDENCE = 255
+              IPV4_REMOTE = 13.1.0.0
+              IPV4_REMOTE_MASK = 255.255.0.0
+              PROTOCOL = 17
+              LOCAL_LOW_LIMIT_PORT = 8000
+              LOCAL_HIGH_LIMIT_PORT = 8080
+
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: ngic-config
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_mme_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "MME Service"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Service
+          metadata:
+            name: mme
+          spec:
+            selector:
+              app: mme
+            clusterIP: None
+            ports:
+            - name: s11
+              port: 2123
+              protocol: UDP
+            - name: s1ap
+              port: 36412
+              protocol: TCP
+            - name: s6a
+              port: 3868
+              protocol: TCP
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_mme_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "MME StatefulSet"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: apps/v1
+          kind: StatefulSet
+          metadata:
+            name: mme
+            labels:
+              app: mme
+          spec:
+            replicas: 1
+            selector:
+              matchLabels:
+                app: mme
+            serviceName: "mme"
+            template:
+              metadata:
+                labels:
+                  app: mme
+              spec:
+                terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+                initContainers:
+                - name: init-mme
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/c3po-mmeinit"
+                  command: [ "sh", "-c"]
+                  securityContext:
+                    capabilities:
+                      add:
+                        - NET_ADMIN
+                  args:
+                  - iptables -A OUTPUT -p sctp --sport 36412 --chunk-types any ABORT -j DROP;
+                    until nslookup hss-0.hss.default.svc.cluster.local;
+                    do echo waiting for hss; sleep 2; done;
+                containers:
+                - name: mme
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/c3po-mme:5e2eaf6"
+                  imagePullPolicy: Always
+                  env:
+                    - name: SGW_S11_IP
+                      value: ngic-0.ngic.default.svc.cluster.local
+                    - name: MME_ETH0_IP
+                      valueFrom:
+                        fieldRef:
+                          fieldPath: status.podIP
+                    - name: ENB_S1AP_IP
+                      value: 10.1.11.3
+                    - name: CONNECT_PEER
+                      value: hss-0.hss.default.svc.cluster.local
+                    - name: VAR_HSS_REALM
+                      value: hss.default.svc.cluster.local
+                    - name: HSS_S6A_IP
+                      value: hss-0.hss.default.svc.cluster.local
+                    - name: HSS_PORT
+                      value: "3868"
+
+                  stdin: true
+                  tty: true
+                  #command: [ "sleep", "3600"]
+                  #volumeMounts:
+                  #- name: config-volume
+                  #  mountPath: /opt/ngic/config
+                  #- name: scripts-volume
+                  #  mountPath: /opt/ngic/scripts
+                  #- name: hugepage
+                  #  mountPath: /dev/hugepages
+                  resources:
+                    limits:
+                      cpu: 3
+                      memory: 1Gi
+                #volumes:
+                #  - name: config-volume
+                #    configMap:
+                #      name: ngic-config
+                #  - name: scripts-volume
+                #    secret:
+                #      secretName: ngic-scripts
+                #      defaultMode: 511
+                #  - name: hugepage
+                #    emptyDir:
+                #      medium: HugePages
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_hss_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "HSS Service"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Service
+          metadata:
+            name: hss
+          spec:
+            selector:
+              app: hss
+            clusterIP: None
+            ports:
+            - name: s6a
+              port: 3868
+              protocol: TCP
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_hss_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "HSS StatefulSet"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: apps/v1
+          kind: StatefulSet
+          metadata:
+            name: hss
+            labels:
+              app: hss
+          spec:
+            replicas: 1
+            selector:
+              matchLabels:
+                app: hss
+            serviceName: "hss"
+            template:
+              metadata:
+                labels:
+                  app: hss
+              spec:
+                terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+                initContainers:
+                - name: init-db
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/c3po-cassandra:5e2eaf6"
+                  command: [ "bash", "-xc"]
+                  args:
+                  - until nslookup cassandra; do echo waiting for cassandra; sleep 2; done;
+                    cqlsh --file /scripts/oai_db.cql cassandra;
+                    /scripts/data_provisioning_users.sh 208014567891200 1122334455 apn1 465B5CE8B199B49FAA5F0A2EE238A6BC 100 cassandra mme-0.mme.default.svc.cluster.local mme.default.svc.cluster.local;
+                    /scripts/data_provisioning_mme.sh 1 19136246000 mme-0.mme.default.svc.cluster.local mme.default.svc.cluster.local 1 cassandra;
+                    /scripts/data_provisioning_mme.sh 1 19136246000 smsrouter.test3gpp.net test3gpp.net 0  cassandra;
+                containers:
+                - name: hss
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/c3po-hss:5e2eaf6"
+                  imagePullPolicy: Always
+                  env:
+                    - name: CASSANDRA_ADDR
+                      value: cassandra
+                    - name: MME_ADDR
+                      value: mme-0.mme.default.svc.cluster.local
+                  #command: [ "sleep", "3600"]
+                  resources:
+                    limits:
+                      cpu: 3
+                      memory: 1Gi
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_hssdb_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "HSS Cassandra Service"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Service
+          metadata:
+            labels:
+              app: cassandra
+            name: cassandra
+          spec:
+            clusterIP: None
+            ports:
+              - port: 9042
+            selector:
+              app: cassandra
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_hssdb_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "HSS Cassandra StatefulSet"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: "apps/v1"
+          kind: StatefulSet
+          metadata:
+            name: cassandra
+            labels:
+              app: cassandra
+          spec:
+            serviceName: cassandra
+            replicas: 1 # 3
+            selector:
+              matchLabels:
+                app: cassandra
+            template:
+              metadata:
+                labels:
+                  app: cassandra
+              spec:
+                terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+                containers:
+                - name: cassandra
+                  image: ngick8stesting/c3po-cassandra:5e2eaf6
+                  imagePullPolicy: Always
+                  ports:
+                  - containerPort: 7000
+                    name: intra-node
+                  - containerPort: 7001
+                    name: tls-intra-node
+                  - containerPort: 7199
+                    name: jmx
+                  - containerPort: 9042
+                    name: cql
+                  resources:
+                    limits:
+                      cpu: "3"
+                      memory: 4Gi
+                  # Probably Cassandra:3.x?
+                  #securityContext:
+                  #  capabilities:
+                  #    add:
+                  #      - IPC_LOCK
+                  # Later
+                  #lifecycle:
+                  #  preStop:
+                  #    exec:
+                  #      command:
+                  #      - /bin/sh
+                  #      - -c
+                  #      - nodetool drain
+                  env:
+                  # Performance optimizations
+                    - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
+                      value: 512M
+                    - name: HEAP_NEWSIZE
+                      value: 100M
+                    - name: CASSANDRA_SEEDS
+                      value: "cassandra-0.cassandra.default.svc.cluster.local"
+                    - name: CASSANDRA_CLUSTER_NAME
+                      value: "HSS Cluster"
+                    - name: CASSANDRA_RPC_ADDRESS
+                      valueFrom:
+                        fieldRef:
+                          fieldPath: status.podIP
+                    - name: CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH
+                      value: "GossipingPropertyFileSnitch"
+                  readinessProbe:
+                    exec:
+                      command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "nodetool status -r | awk -v h=$(hostname) '$2==h {exit ($1==\"UN\" ? 0 : -1)}'"]
+                    initialDelaySeconds: 15
+                    timeoutSeconds: 5
+          #        volumeMounts:
+          #        - name: cassandra-data
+          #          mountPath: /var/lib/cassandra
+          #  volumeClaimTemplates:
+          #  - metadata:
+          #      name: cassandra-data
+          #    spec:
+          #      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+          #      resources:
+          #        requests:
+          #          storage: 1Gi
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_spgwcu_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "SPGW Control and User Service"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Service
+          metadata:
+            name: ngic
+          spec:
+            selector:
+              app: ngic
+            clusterIP: None
+            ports:
+            - name: s11
+              port: 2123
+              protocol: UDP
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    kubernetesresourceinstance_spgwcu_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.KubernetesResourceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: "SPGW Control and User StatefulSet"
+        resource_definition: |
+          apiVersion: apps/v1
+          kind: StatefulSet
+          metadata:
+            name: ngic
+            labels:
+              app: ngic
+          spec:
+            replicas: 1
+            selector:
+              matchLabels:
+                app: ngic
+            serviceName: "ngic"
+            template:
+              metadata:
+                labels:
+                  app: ngic
+                annotations:
+                  kubernetes.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: '[
+                          { "name": "s1u-net", "interfaceRequest": "s1u-net" },
+                          { "name": "sgi-net", "interfaceRequest": "sgi-net" }
+                  ]'        
+              spec:
+                initContainers:
+                - name: init-iptables
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/c3po-mmeinit"
+                  command: [ "sh", "-c"]
+                  securityContext:
+                    capabilities:
+                      add:
+                        - NET_ADMIN
+                  args:
+                  - iptables -I OUTPUT -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j DROP;
+                terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+                containers:
+                - name: ngic-cp
+                  image: "ngick8stesting/ngic-cp:d9b315c"
+                  stdin: true
+                  command: [ "bash",  "-cx", ". /opt/ngic/config/cp_config.cfg; ./ngic_controlplane  $EAL_ARGS -- $APP_ARGS"]
+                  #command: ["sleep", "3600"]
+                  tty: true
+                  env:
+                    - name: MME_S11_IP
+                      value: mme-0.mme.default.svc.cluster.local
+                    #- name: SGW_S1U_IP  # for now,this will be in our own pod
+                    #  value: "5.5.5.5"
+                    - name: APN
+                      value: apn1
+                    - name: IP_POOL_IP
+                      value: "16.0.0.0"
+                    - name: IP_POOL_MASK
+                      value: "255.240.0.0"
+                    - name: S11_TEID_POOL_START
+                      value: "00100000"
+                    - name: S11_TEID_POOL_STOP
+                      value: "001fffff"
+                    - name: S1U_TEID_POOL_START
+                      value: "00100000"
+                    - name: S1U_TEID_POOL_STOP
+                      value: "001fffff"
+                  volumeMounts:
+                  - name: config-volume
+                    mountPath: /opt/ngic/config
+                  #- name: hugepage
+                  #  mountPath: /dev/hugepages
+                  resources:
+                    limits:
+                      #hugepages-2Mi: 4Gi
+                      cpu: 3
+                      memory: 4Gi
+                - name: ngic-dp
+                  image: "ngiccorddemo/ngic-dp:k8s-bm"
+                  stdin: true
+                  tty: true
+                  env:
+                  - name: RTR_SGI_IP 
+                    value: "13.1.1.110"
+                  - name: SGI_MASK
+                    value: "255.255.255.0"
+                  command: [ "bash",  "-cx", ". /opt/ngic/config/dp_config.cfg ; ./ngic_dataplane  $EAL_ARGS -- $APP_ARGS"]
+                  #command: ["sleep", "3600"]
+                  volumeMounts:
+                  - name: config-volume
+                    mountPath: /opt/ngic/config
+                  #- name: hugepage
+                  #  mountPath: /dev/hugepages
+                  resources:
+                    limits:
+                      #hugepages-1Gi: 8Gi
+                      cpu: 8
+                      memory: 8Gi #200Mi
+                      intel.com/sriov: '2'            
+                  securityContext:
+                    privileged: true
+                    capabilities:
+                      add:
+                        - NET_ADMIN
+                        - IPC_LOCK            
+                volumes:
+                  - name: config-volume
+                    configMap:
+                      name: ngic-config
+                  #- name: hugepage
+                  #  emptyDir:
+                  #    medium: HugePages
+
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: service#kubernetes
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_ngic_configmap:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+      properties:
+         name: "NGIC ConfigMap Resource Link"
+
+      requirements:
+        - resource_instance:
+            node: kubernetesresourceinstance_ngic_configmap
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - vepc_service_instance:
+            node: vepcserviceinstance
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_mme_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+      properties:
+         name: "MME Service Resource Link"
+
+      requirements:
+        - resource_instance:
+            node: kubernetesresourceinstance_mme_service
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - vepc_service_instance:
+            node: vepcserviceinstance
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_mme_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+        properties:
+          name: "MME StatefulSet Resource Link"
+
+        requirements:
+          - resource_instance:
+              node: kubernetesresourceinstance_mme_statefulset
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+          - vepc_service_instance:
+              node: vepcserviceinstance
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_hss_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+      properties:
+         name: "HSS Service Resource Link"
+
+      requirements:
+        - resource_instance:
+            node: kubernetesresourceinstance_hss_service
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - vepc_service_instance:
+            node: vepcserviceinstance
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_hss_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+        properties:
+          name: "HSS StatefulSet Resource Link"
+
+        requirements:
+          - resource_instance:
+              node: kubernetesresourceinstance_hss_statefulset
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+          - vepc_service_instance:
+              node: vepcserviceinstance
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_hssdb_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+      properties:
+         name: "HSS Cassandra Service Resource Link"
+
+      requirements:
+        - resource_instance:
+            node: kubernetesresourceinstance_hssdb_service
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - vepc_service_instance:
+            node: vepcserviceinstance
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_hssdb_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+        properties:
+          name: "HSS Cassandra StatefulSet Resource Link"
+
+        requirements:
+          - resource_instance:
+              node: kubernetesresourceinstance_hssdb_statefulset
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+          - vepc_service_instance:
+              node: vepcserviceinstance
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_spgwcu_service:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+      properties:
+         name: "SPGW Contol and User Service Resource Link"
+
+      requirements:
+        - resource_instance:
+            node: kubernetesresourceinstance_spgwcu_service
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - vepc_service_instance:
+            node: vepcserviceinstance
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    vepcresourceinstancelink_spgwcu_statefulset:
+      type: tosca.nodes.VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+        properties:
+          name: "HS SPGW Control and User StatefulSet Resource Link"
+
+        requirements:
+          - resource_instance:
+              node: kubernetesresourceinstance_spgwcu_statefulset
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+          - vepc_service_instance:
+              node: vepcserviceinstance
+              relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
diff --git a/xos/examples/show-instances.py b/xos/examples/show-instances.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2369d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/examples/show-instances.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# show-instances.py
+# Show the VEpcServiceInstances and their ip addresses in a human-readable table.
+# Syntax: show-instances.py <base_url> <username> <password>
+#
+# Example: show-instances.py http://192.168.42.253:30006 admin@opencord.org letmein
+
+import sys
+import time
+import requests
+from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
+
+DELAY=1
+
+def main():
+    # if len(sys.argv)<4:
+    #     print "Syntax: xos-instances.py <base_url> <username> <password>"
+    #     sys.exit(-1)
+
+    # base_url = sys.argv[1]
+    # username = sys.argv[2]
+    # password = sys.argv[3]
+
+    # auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
+
+    # r = requests.get(base_url + "/xosapi/v1/vepcservice/vepcserviceinstances", auth=auth)
+
+    # if r.status_code != 200:
+    #     print "Received error response", r.status_code
+    #     print r.text
+    #     sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+    # print "%-4s %-40s %-4s %-4s" % ("id", "Name", "Comp", "IP")
+    # for item in r.json()["items"]:
+    #     name = item.get("name")
+    #     compute_id = item["compute_instance_id"]
+    #     if compute_id:
+    #         r_compute = requests.get(base_url + "/xosapi/v1/kubernetes/kubernetesserviceinstances/%s" % compute_id, auth=auth)
+    #         if r_compute.status_code != 200:
+    #             print "Received error response when fetching compute instance", r_compute.status_code
+    #             print r_compute.text
+    #             sys.exit(-1)
+    #         pod_ip = r_compute.json().get("pod_ip", "")
+    #     else:
+    #         pod_ip = ""
+    #     print "%4s %-40s %4s %s" % (item["id"], name, compute_id, pod_ip)
+    pass
+
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/event_steps/vepcevent.py b/xos/synchronizer/event_steps/vepcevent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cece5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/event_steps/vepcevent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from synchronizers.new_base.eventstep import EventStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import *
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class VEpcEventStep(EventStep):
+    topics = ["VEpcEvent"]
+    technology = "kafka"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(VEpcEventStep, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process_event(self, event):
+        value = json.loads(event.value)
+        service_instance_name = value["service_instance"]
+        #tenant_message = value["tenant_message"]
+
+        objs = VEpcServiceInstance.objects.filter(name=service_instance_name)
+        if not objs:
+            raise Exception("failed to find %s" % service_instance_name)
+
+        for obj in objs:
+            #obj.tenant_message = tenant_message
+            obj.save(always_update_timestamp = True)
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/model-deps b/xos/synchronizer/model-deps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0967ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/model-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py b/xos/synchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf6d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import base64
+import jinja2
+import json
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import *
+from synchronizers.new_base.policy import Policy
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class VEpcServiceInstancePolicy(Policy):
+    model_name = "VEpcServiceInstance"
+
+    def handle_create(self, service_instance):
+        return self.handle_update(service_instance)
+
+    # def render_index(self, service_instance):
+    #     service = service_instance.owner.leaf_model
+
+    #     fields = {}
+    #     fields['tenant_message'] = service_instance.tenant_message
+    #     fields['service_message'] = service.service_message
+
+    #     if service_instance.foreground_color:
+    #         fields["foreground_color"] = service_instance.foreground_color.html_code
+
+    #     if service_instance.background_color:
+    #         fields["background_color"] = service_instance.background_color.html_code
+
+    #     images=[]
+    #     for image in service_instance.embedded_images.all():
+    #         images.append({"name": image.name,
+    #                        "url": image.url})
+    #     fields["images"] = images
+
+    #     template_fn = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))), "index.html.j2")
+    #     template = jinja2.Template(open(template_fn).read())
+
+    #     return template.render(fields)
+
+    def handle_update(self, service_instance):
+        # if not service_instance.compute_instance:
+
+        #     # TODO: Break dependency
+        #     compute_service = KubernetesService.objects.first()
+        #     compute_service_instance_class = Service.objects.get(id=compute_service.id).get_service_instance_class()
+
+        #     vepcservice = service_instance.owner.leaf_model
+
+        #     # TODO: What if there is the wrong number of slices?
+        #     slice = vepcservice.slices.first()
+
+
+        #     # TODO: What if there is no default image?
+        #     # image = slice.default_image
+
+        #     images = service_instance.images.all()
+
+        #     # TODO: Gopi: Create the XOS Image object for each container
+        #     # TODO: Gopi: Might have to extend the K8S synch to support multiple containers in a K8S pod
+        #     # TODO: Gopi: Will have to extend the K8S sync to support StatefulSets
+
+        #     docker_images = []
+        #     for image in images:
+        #         # TODO: Gopi: WORK ON THIS LOOP. THE Names need to be explicit now
+        #         # TODO: slice = vepcservice.slices.get(name="mysite_vepcservice_mme")
+        #         docker_image = "%s:%s" % (image.image_name, image.image_tag)
+        #         compute_service_instance = compute_service_instance_class(slice=slice, owner=compute_service, image=docker_image, name=image.component_name) # Might need this at some point if I use configmap/secret: no_sync=True
+        #         compute_service_instance.save()
+
+        #     # # Create a configmap and attach it to the compute instance
+        #     # data = {"index.html": self.render_index(service_instance)}
+        #     # cfmap = KubernetesConfigMap(name="vepcserviceinstance-map-%s" % service_instance.id,
+        #     #                           trust_domain=slice.trust_domain,
+        #     #                           data=json.dumps(data))
+        #     # cfmap.save()
+        #     # cfmap_mnt = KubernetesConfigVolumeMount(config=cfmap,
+        #     #                                         service_instance=compute_service_instance,
+        #     #                                         mount_path="/usr/local/apache2/htdocs")
+        #     # cfmap_mnt.save()
+
+        #     # # Create a secret and attach it to the compute instance
+        #     # data = {"service_secret.txt": base64.b64encode(str(vepcservice.service_secret)),
+        #     #         "tenant_secret.txt": base64.b64encode(str(service_instance.tenant_secret))}
+        #     # secret = KubernetesSecret(name="vepcserviceinstance-secret-%s" % service_instance.id,
+        #     #                           trust_domain=slice.trust_domain,
+        #     #                           data=json.dumps(data))
+        #     # secret.save()
+        #     # secret_mnt = KubernetesSecretVolumeMount(secret=secret, service_instance=compute_service_instance, mount_path="/usr/local/apache2/secrets")
+        #     # secret_mnt.save()
+
+        #     # compute_service_instance.no_sync = False
+        #     # compute_service_instance.save(update_fields=["no_sync"])
+
+        #     # TODO: Gopi/Scott revisit this to make it more robust to declare
+        #     # the K8S service instances dynamically
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance_mme = compute_service_instance_mme
+        #     service_instance.save(update_fields=["compute_instance_mme"])
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance_hss = compute_service_instance_hss
+        #     service_instance.save(update_fields=["compute_instance_hss"])
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance_hssdb = compute_service_instance_hssdb
+        #     service_instance.save(update_fields=["compute_instance_hssdb"])
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance_spgw = compute_service_instance_spgw
+        #     service_instance.save(update_fields=["compute_instance_spgw"])
+        # else:
+        #     # TODO: Gopi: Need to handle the scenario of multiple compute instances representing the K8S Pods
+        #     compute_instance = service_instance.compute_instance
+        #     mnt = compute_instance.leaf_model.kubernetes_config_volume_mounts.first()
+        #     config = mnt.config
+        #     new_data = json.dumps({"index.html": self.render_index(service_instance)})
+        #     if (new_data != config.data):
+        #         config.data = new_data
+        #         config.save(always_update_timestamp=True)
+        #         # Force the Kubernetes syncstep
+        #         compute_instance.save(always_update_timestamp=True)
+        pass
+
+    def handle_delete(self, service_instance):
+        # TODO: Gopi: Need to handle the scenario of multiple compute instances representing the K8S Pods
+        # log.info("handle_delete")
+        # if service_instance.compute_instance:
+        #     log.info("has a compute_instance")
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance.delete()
+        #     service_instance.compute_instance = None
+        #     # TODO: I'm not sure we can save things that are being deleted...
+        #     service_instance.save(update_fields=["compute_instance"])
+        pass
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/models/vepcservice.xproto b/xos/synchronizer/models/vepcservice.xproto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223ee0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/models/vepcservice.xproto
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+option app_label = "vepcservice";
+option name = "vepcservice";
+
+message VEpcService (Service){
+    option verbose_name = "Virtual EPC Service";
+}
+
+message VEpcServiceInstance (ServiceInstance){
+     option verbose_name = "Virtual EPC Instance";
+}
+
+message VEpcResourceInstanceLink(XOSBase) {
+    required string name = 1 [help_text = "Resource link name", db_index=True, tosca_key=True];
+    required manytoone resource_instance->KubernetesResourceInstance:vepc_resource_instance_links = 2 [help_text = "Kubernetes resource file content", db_index=True, null=False, blank=False];
+    required manytoone vepc_service_instance->VEpcServiceInstance:vepc_resource_instance_links = 3 [help_text = "Virtual EPC Service Instance", db_index=True, null=False, blank=False];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vepcserviceinstance.py b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vepcserviceinstance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91d3c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vepcserviceinstance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+from synchronizers.new_base.syncstep import SyncStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import *
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class SyncVEpcServiceInstance(SyncStep):
+
+    provides = [VEpcServiceInstance]
+
+    observes = VEpcServiceInstance
+
+    requested_interval = 0
+
+    # template_name = "vepcserviceinstance_playbook.yaml"
+
+    # service_key_name = "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservicenew/vepcservice_private_key"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(SyncVEpcServiceInstance, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        # There's nothing to do at this time. Configuration of VEpcServiceInstance is handled by Kubernetes
+        # through config maps, and that all happens in the model policy.
+        #
+        # TODO(smbaker): Consider deleting this sync step
+        # Note from Gopi: This method exists as the code is copied from Simple Example Service. Please
+        # discuss with smbaker if this function is necessary.
+        pass
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml b/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd2ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+name: test-model-policies
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "sample"
+  kind: "testframework"
+logging:
+  version: 1
+  handlers:
+    console:
+      class: logging.StreamHandler
+  loggers:
+    'multistructlog':
+      handlers:
+          - console
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py b/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d301b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_vepcserviceinstance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Tests for VEpcServiceInstance model policies
+
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from mock import patch, PropertyMock, ANY, MagicMock
+from unit_test_common import setup_sync_unit_test
+
+
+class TestVEpcServiceInstancePolicy(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.unittest_setup = setup_sync_unit_test(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))),
+                                                   globals(),
+                                                   [("vepcservice", "vepcservice.xproto"),
+                                                    ("kubernetes-service", "kubernetes.xproto")] )
+
+        self.MockObjectList = self.unittest_setup["MockObjectList"]
+
+        sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))), "../model_policies"))
+
+        from model_policy_vepcserviceinstance import VEpcServiceInstancePolicy
+        self.policy_class = VEpcServiceInstancePolicy
+
+        self.service = VEpcService()
+        self.k8s_service = KubernetesService(id=1111)
+        self.k8s_service.get_service_instance_class=MagicMock(return_value=KubernetesServiceInstance)
+        self.trust_domain = TrustDomain(owner=self.k8s_service, name="test-trust")
+        self.image = Image(name="test-image", tag="1.2", kind="container")
+        self.slice = Slice(trust_domain=self.trust_domain, service=self.service, default_image = self.image)
+        self.service.slices = self.MockObjectList([self.slice])
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.unittest_setup["sys_path_save"]
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py b/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f6743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+def setup_sync_unit_test(test_path, globals_dict, models, config_fn="test_config.yaml"):
+    """ Perform the common steps associated with setting up a synchronizer unit test.
+           1) Add synchronizers/new_base to sys.path
+           2) Import xosconfig.Config and set it up to test_config.yaml in the current dir
+           3) Build the mock modelaccessor and import it
+           4) Import all model accessor classes into global space
+
+        Arguments:
+            test_path - path to the test case that is being run
+            globals_dict - a dictionary to add global models to
+            models - a list of pairs (service_name, xproto_name,
+            config_fn - filename of config file)
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary containing the following:
+                sys_path_save: the original sys.path
+                model_accessor: model accessor class
+                Config: the Config object
+                xos_dir: xos directory
+                services_dir: services directory
+    """
+    def get_models_fn(services_dir, service_name, xproto_name):
+        name = os.path.join(service_name, "xos", xproto_name)
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(services_dir, name)):
+            return name
+        else:
+            name = os.path.join(service_name, "xos", "synchronizer", "models", xproto_name)
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(services_dir, name)):
+                return name
+        raise Exception("Unable to find service=%s xproto=%s" % (service_name, xproto_name))
+
+    sys_path_save = sys.path
+
+    xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "../../..")
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_path, "new_base")):
+        xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "../../../../../../orchestration/xos/xos")
+        services_dir = os.path.join(xos_dir, "../../xos_services")
+    sys.path.append(xos_dir)
+    sys.path.append(os.path.join(xos_dir, 'synchronizers', 'new_base'))
+
+    # Setting up the config module
+    from xosconfig import Config
+    config = os.path.join(test_path, config_fn)
+    Config.clear()
+    Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+    xprotos = []
+    for (service_name, xproto_name) in models:
+        xprotos.append(get_models_fn(services_dir, service_name, xproto_name))
+
+    from synchronizers.new_base.mock_modelaccessor_build import build_mock_modelaccessor
+    build_mock_modelaccessor(xos_dir, services_dir, xprotos)
+    import synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor
+    from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+    from mock_modelaccessor import MockObjectList
+
+    # import all class names to globals
+    for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+        globals_dict[k] = v
+
+    return {"sys_path_save": sys_path_save,
+            "model_accessor": model_accessor,
+            "Config": Config,
+            "xos_dir": xos_dir,
+            "services_dir": services_dir,
+            "MockObjectList": MockObjectList}
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice-synchronizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590c1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice-synchronizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Runs the standard XOS synchronizer
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/vepcservice_config.yaml')
+Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+
+synchronizer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+sys.path.append(synchronizer_path)
+mod = importlib.import_module("xos-synchronizer")
+mod.main()
+
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice_config.yaml b/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4d0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/vepcservice_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+name: vepcservice
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "@/opt/xos/services/vepcservice/credentials/xosadmin@opencord.org"
+required_models:
+  - VEpcService
+  - VEpcServiceInstance
+  - VEpcResourceInstanceLink
+  - ServiceDependency
+  - KubernetesService
+  - kubernetesResourceInstance
+dependency_graph: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/model-deps"
+steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/steps"
+event_steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/event_steps"
+sys_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/sys"
+model_policies_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/model_policies"
+models_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vepcservice/models"
diff --git a/xos/unittest.cfg b/xos/unittest.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a7a380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/unittest.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[unittest]
+plugins=nose2.plugins.junitxml
+code-directories=synchronizer
+                 model_policies
+                 steps
+                 pull_steps
+
+[coverage]
+always-on = True
+coverage = synchronizer
+coverage-report = term
+coverage-report = html
+coverage-report = xml